Silence makes the real conversations between friends. Not the saying, but the never needing to say is what counts.
-Margaret Lee Runbeck
Quotations
Silence
Mostly, we talk to impress. And sometimes we shut up to impress, too.
-Nema Al Araby
Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.
-Pythagoras
It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.
-Victor Hugo
Not everyone talks in words.
-Nema Al Araby
Sometimes silence can be the loudest thing.
-Ellie Mathews
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind.
-Kahlil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
You need to keep reminding yourself of the obvious: charm lies in the unsaid, the unwritten, and the undisplayed. It takes mastery to control silence.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
That deep silence has a melody of its own, a sweetness unknown amid the harsh discords of the world’s sounds.
-Paul Brunton "Paul Brunton"
Great souls suffer in silence.
-Friedrich Schiller
